2/8: Ten Birds That Changed the World Hardcover – by Stephen Moss (Author)
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 28 October 2023
⏱️ 7 minutes
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https://www.amazon.com/Ten-Birds-That-Changed-World/dp/1541604466
For the whole of human history, we have lived alongside birds. We have hunted and domesticated them for food; venerated them in our mythologies, religions, and rituals; exploited them for their natural resources; and been inspired by them for our music, art, and poetry.
In Ten Birds That Changed the World, naturalist and author Stephen Moss tells the gripping story of this long and intimate relationship through key species from all seven of the world’s continents. From Odin’s faithful raven companions to Darwin’s finches, and from the wild turkey of the Americas to the emperor penguin as potent symbol of the climate crisis, this is a fascinating, eye-opening, and endlessly engaging work of natural history.
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| 0:35.2 | I'm John Baxter with the author and the producer, Steven Moss. |
| 0:38.8 | His new book, Ten Birds The Change the World. |
| 0:42.0 | We turn to the humble pigeon everywhere in New York. |
| 0:45.4 | In fact, they're everywhere in Connecticut and everywhere in New England |
| 0:49.1 | in some form because they've taken very well to America. |
| 0:52.9 | They urbanize as well as survive in rural America. |
| 0:56.9 | But you make a very excellent case that pigeons have a skill set |
| 1:01.8 | that has been fundamental to success, communication, |
| 1:06.3 | saving people's lives, good heavens. |
| 1:10.2 | The pigeon has a skill that is, to my knowledge, |
| 1:13.6 | it doesn't seem to fit any other bird. |
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